>That is sortof weird, since a lot of japanese words are in katakana. Which
>is actually a sort of spin-off from english words. But I don't need to tell
>that
>to somebody studying japanese ;)
>But I still think it's kinda weird that a lot of japanese ppl don't
>read/write
>english. Just MHO...
Well, katakana-words are words that originate in a non-oriental language.
Mainly English, but Dutch, French, Portuguese etc. words are also used.
Besides, these are only a couple of words, which ofcourse is not enough to
be capable of understanding a foreign language. Japanese and English differ
fundamentally in many ways, which is often forgotten by non-Japanese who are
taken aback by the fact that most Japanese don't understand English.
Languages that originate in Europe are all in some way related, which is why
for most of the people speaking such a European language English is not very
hard to understand.
Rieks.
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